Coinstar Finds

[sagittarius98]

a big giant stick, (optionally) magnetized, curved, to get all the good stuff out from under the machine. these ain't so simple to use, and if'n you used one in my neck of the woods, you'd be asked alot of questions and kicked out of the grocery store. Sag makes and sells them for $150 a piece, if you want one send him a PM.

Problems with your post:

1. It's not magnetized (would interfere with the parts of the machine; it is magnetic though)
2. I don't sell it
3. If I would sell it, I wouldn't charge $150 for a piece of steel worth $2
4. My dad makes them, not me

 

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[Produce Guy]

I found over $48 last year, a 3rd. of that was found in the reject slot of Coinstar machines.

 

[kiggity]

I had my first CoinStar machine find today. I found a steel penny and a 10 Sene Somoan coin. Both pretty cool finds.

 

[50cent]

what year was the steel cent?

 

[kiggity]

1943

 

[50cent]

I expected that to be the case.

 

[smokeythecat]

Use a ruler. That way you may not get charged with vandalism.

 

[50cent]

you can still vandalize with a ruler just as much as you can vandalize with a roll of coins.

 

[Produce Guy]

As of January 1st,2013 I've found $1.25,some Euro's and some Pesos's in the reject slot at the Coinstar machine at my store,also found a pair of earings in there to.

 

[sagittarius98]

Use a ruler. That way you may not get charged with vandalism.

I would have to use a meter stick, as I need to reach the end of the machine.

 

[sagittarius98]

I had my first CoinStar machine find today. I found a steel penny and a 10 Sene Somoan coin. Both pretty cool finds.

The 10 sene seem to be worth around 15 to 30 cents. I don't have one yet. I think someone found a 50 sene in a half roll.

 

[sagittarius98]

I expected that to be the case.

I mean, what would the odds be of finding a real 1944 steel cent?

 

[50cent]

one in a trillion, yo have a better chance of getting cancer or winning the lottery. it will be interesting when one pops up

 

[JunGun]

I better go through those 400 or so silver wheat pennies i found in my hoard.

 

[sagittarius98]

I better go through those 400 or so silver wheat pennies i found in my hoard.

They are steel. There are only a couple 1944 steel cents in existence.

 

[FloridaFinder]

They are steel. There are only a couple 1944 steel cents in existence.

Got my hopes up but mine is a 1943-D.

 

[eolson3]

i put canadian quarters in the vending machines in america and get back american quarters

Now that's an idea! I have a bank that gives me all the rejects during the week for free. plenty of Canadian quarters...

 

[sagittarius98]

Now that's an idea! I have a bank that gives me all the rejects during the week for free. plenty of Canadian quarters...

It's a moral debate, you are defrauding the machine. I've done it the other way around, I needed some quarters in Canada, so I put some US quarters in. I know in Britain, the old 10 pence had a .1 mm larger diameter than the new 2 pound coin, increasing the value by 20 times (the old 10 pence is now demonetized in favor of the new 10 pence).

 

[50cent]

Now that's an idea! I have a bank that gives me all the rejects during the week for free. plenty of Canadian quarters...

you act like they are worthless? Canadian money is worth more than the US dollar right now.

 

[ivan salis]

ah I love lazy and dumb folks --too dumb to listen for the clank clank of rejected american silver and foreign coins or too lazy to fetch them from the reject slot * either way it is music to my ears and money for my pockets -- i have seen jewelry in the catch pan under the "coin dump tray" -- lots of stud type earrings -- both of the diamond chip and post type made of silver and gold --even a thin gold 14 k herringbone type necklace once (score!)--one place used to keep all their canadain coins for me , i saved up 80 bucks canadain over several months which I then mailed up to a coin shop in canada for "american silver coins" -- when the coins came in sold one of them to recoup my mailing cost up bound to canada (which I had to pay for in "american money")-- however I used canadian coins help to pay the return postage from canada --so after iit was all said and done -- I wound up with several free us silver coins --tah dah.